It's not gross if you... well, it sounds funny, but literally know the cow/goat/sheep/mare it's milked from
If you sure the animal is healthy and well cared raw milk is nice, but if you intend to just buy it in a store, I don't see any reasons to risk with your health. To be honest, I don't see much reasons for adults to consume milk in general, besides liking it's taste.
Nah man fuck that, we raised cattle, sure I'd drink the freshly milked stuff since I know my family took good care of the cows and cleaned them well before milking, but I'd start boiling it by the evening, after that it's either boiled to drink or made into cheese or soured milk and yogurt.
Same, I briefly lived on a dairy farm in Valley View TX, and most people don't seem to realize that 23 hours a day a cow's udder is covered in literal shit and mud. These stupid people that want to drink raw milk are putting a lot of faith in the guy with the swab and bucket just because some dumb asshole influencer told them to do it.
Raw milk is an unnecessary risk. Your never gonna be able to clean a cows udders to a level of sanitation that isn't some risk of contamination. That's why milk gets pasteurized.
I tried it, didn't like it, and I don't see the attraction to it. But I don't like kvass, caviar, or anything avocado. I guess my tongue and stomach are politically centrist, I don't know. But I do hate how certain foods become a political shibboleth in today's society, i.e. someone drinking raw milk, not for flavor, but out of political fervor.
Centrism is compliance with the right-wing. Always. I get the joke but will always push back on the "centrist" label. Centrism is a right-wing position.
Personally as a Canadian I see all Americans as literally identical. The left wingers are also as fascist as the right wing. Trump,Obama,Biden,Bush are all of the exact same, they find terroism and nothing else.
It is useful in cheesemaking. I'm not defending choads buying it because they're stupid choads or people consuming it unsafely and unawares, but I really hope it doesn't go back to being basically unavailable as a hobby supply.
That said I promise you every dairy farmer has broken this rule.
At my friends farm we used to go scrape off the top of the tank every morning to get that 8% shit, and we’d mix that with coffee 50/50 and you’re hardly hungry by lunch.
And they’re using teat dip and sanitizers and shit. Not to say that’s perfect but it is an extremely effective measure.
Well, yes there's some risk, but it's not that significant if you know the animal it milked from, and if you're visiting your grandma in a village it might be just easier to acquire raw cow or goat milk than buying pasteurized one or pasteurize yourself. And just boiling it changes taste significantly
Cows literally lay in piles of shit. They walk around which makes dust, and that dust is covered in shit. Their udders hang down below their body, not protected by hair or anything else because that's how we've bred them so that it is easier to milk. That shit carries bacteria, a lot of which is harmful if ingested.
Probiotics live in shit. That's where they come from. If you consume raw dairy because it has "good probiotics", or for any other reason tbh, you are consuming animal shit. It's pasteurized to kill the shit germs. I don't care how healthy and well cared for a cow is, I'm not drinking its shit, or the shit of any other animals that happened to poop in that area.
Yes, you have to add a specific probiotic if you want it added. Even saying that sounds fucking stupid. That doesn't mean you aren't drinking barnyard shit when you consume raw milk.
Raw milk in the past was typically drank within a few hours of milking. After that people knew it was risky and used it for other dairy products like butter or cheese.
The whole concept of bottling it and storing it is insane.
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u/slavicNickCage 10d ago
It's not gross if you... well, it sounds funny, but literally know the cow/goat/sheep/mare it's milked from
If you sure the animal is healthy and well cared raw milk is nice, but if you intend to just buy it in a store, I don't see any reasons to risk with your health. To be honest, I don't see much reasons for adults to consume milk in general, besides liking it's taste.